I read another hunter fell from a tree stand, in Monroe Co, on Saturday. 57 years old. If he was like me, he might have kissed the wife goodbye while she stayed in a warm bed that morning. Maybe he told her he would catch up with her that evening. Hate to hear stories like that when harnesses now days should be the rule rather than exception.
Had a friend ride his face down a rough-bark tree once because he thought a 1/4-20 aluminum bolt was a good link for his boomerang arm on a climbing stand. I introduced him to Grade 8, and he never again went without a full body harness.
Has anyone a story of a harness having saved a life? Or at least a fall? Firsthand or secondhand story? I have never heard of the happy endings, only the bad endings. I'd like to hear about someone who made it home that night due to a safety system.
Had a friend ride his face down a rough-bark tree once because he thought a 1/4-20 aluminum bolt was a good link for his boomerang arm on a climbing stand. I introduced him to Grade 8, and he never again went without a full body harness.
Has anyone a story of a harness having saved a life? Or at least a fall? Firsthand or secondhand story? I have never heard of the happy endings, only the bad endings. I'd like to hear about someone who made it home that night due to a safety system.